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Men's Swimming & Diving

Men’s Swimming & Diving Overpowers Clark, 231-44

BABSON PARK, Mass. —The Babson College men's swimming and diving team took first place in all 16 events and finished second in 13 events to defeat Clark University, 231-44, in a dual meet Saturday afternoon inside Morse Pool.

With the win, the Beavers improve to 4-2 in dual meets this season while Clark is 0-1 after competing in its first meet of the season.

Seniors Pat Anusarasoti (Bangkok, Thailand) and Matthew D'Elia (Old Bridge, N.J.), sophomores Anthony Taslakov (Sherborn, Mass.) and David Krol (Grafton, Wis.), and first-years William Iglar (Marietta, Ga.) and Liam Maloney (Tampa, Fla.) were double winners in individual events for the Beavers. First-year Thomas Ambelang (Bernardsville, N.J.) captured one individual event and swam on both winning relay teams, and classmate Nehemiah Rhee (Paramus, N.J.) was a winner in one individual event and one relay.

Anutarasoti captured the 50 breaststroke in 26.88 seconds and the 100 IM in 53.06, while D'Elia touched the wall first in the 200 freestyle in 1:51.24 and the 50 fly in 24.86 seconds. Taslakov was the winner of the 100 fly in 54.74 seconds and the 100 breast in 1:04.78 and Krol was the high scorer in both the 1-meter (265.06) and 3-meter (292.25) diving events. Iglar brought home first place in the 1000 free in 10:20.02 and the 100 back in 57.44 and finished second in the 50 fly in 25.02, and Maloney won the 50 free in 23.69 seconds and the 500 free in 5:03.26.

Ambelang finished in first place in the 100 free in 50.47 seconds and second in the 200 free in 1:53.84, and Rhee won the 50 back in 25.23 seconds and finished runner-up in the 100 breast (1:04.94). Ambelang was joined by Maloney, sophomore Chase Stevens (Suffield, Conn.) and Rhee on the winning 200 medley relay team, and teamed up with Maloney, graduate student Cole Seeger (Lakewood, Ill.) and Taslakov on the winning 200 free relay squad.

First-year Phillip Spiridonov (Ridgewood, N.J.) turned in a pair of second place finishes in the 50 back (26.93) and 100 back (57.63), and classmate Ilaan Garware (Pune, India) was runner-up in the 1000 free (10:43.15) and 500 free (5:12.45). Other runner-up finishes included junior Hawken Hammen (East Lyme, Conn.) in the 100 fly (55.85), junior Marcelo Carrion (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) in the 100 free (51.06), first-year Tommy Hannenian (Sacramento, Calif.) in the 50 breast (28.99), and first-year Dom Crisafulli (Natick, Mass.) in the 100 IM (58.52).

The Beavers return to competition at the Fisher Invitational at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I., on November 22-23.
 
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Players Mentioned

Marcelo Carrion

Marcelo Carrion

Breast/IM
Junior
Matthew D

Matthew D'Elia

Fly/Free
Senior
Hawken Hammen

Hawken Hammen

Free/Fly
Junior
David Krol

David Krol

Diving
Sophomore
Chase Stevens

Chase Stevens

Breast/Free/IM
Sophomore
Anthony  Taslakov

Anthony Taslakov

Back/Free/IM
Sophomore
Cole Seeger

Cole Seeger

Free/Breast
Graduate Student
Thomas Ambelang

Thomas Ambelang

Free/Back
Freshman
Tommy Hannenian

Tommy Hannenian

Free/Breast/IM
Freshman
Phillip Spiridonov

Phillip Spiridonov

Free/Back/IM
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Marcelo Carrion

Marcelo Carrion

Junior
Breast/IM
Matthew D

Matthew D'Elia

Senior
Fly/Free
Hawken Hammen

Hawken Hammen

Junior
Free/Fly
David Krol

David Krol

Sophomore
Diving
Chase Stevens

Chase Stevens

Sophomore
Breast/Free/IM
Anthony  Taslakov

Anthony Taslakov

Sophomore
Back/Free/IM
Cole Seeger

Cole Seeger

Graduate Student
Free/Breast
Thomas Ambelang

Thomas Ambelang

Freshman
Free/Back
Tommy Hannenian

Tommy Hannenian

Freshman
Free/Breast/IM
Phillip Spiridonov

Phillip Spiridonov

Freshman
Free/Back/IM